Resource naming conventions

Most resources are conference rooms, and most people care primarily about rooms. You'll therefore want rooms to be the most prominent, easy-to-find resource. If you use these conventions when you create resources, or something similar, your users will see a streamlined presentation of conference rooms when scheduling an event. The appropriate conference room will be easy for your users to find, as the location is clearly specified and conference rooms in one location can be grouped together in resource hierarchies.

This format means that all non-room resources will start with '(' so they won't be mixed in with the conference rooms. Ideally, all non-room resources will be at the bottom of the resource picker list.

Examples:

(Guest Office)-Tokyo-44-2-245C

This guest office in Tokyo is in building 44 on the second floor. It is office number 245, and, of all of the desks in this office, this guest is specifically reserving desk 'C'.

(Bike)-London-43-Lobby-Bike-1

This bicycle is in London at building 43's lobby. This is 'Bike 1' (rather than 'Bike 2' or 'Bike 3').

(Vehicle)-LA-Prius-Main-North-4

This vehicle is in Los Angeles. It is a Prius parked at the Main building in the North parking lot in parking space 4.

(Camera)-Paris-Lobby-Camcorder-HD-2+tripod+batteries

This camera is kept in the Paris office's lobby. It is the high definition camcorder, camera number '2'. It includes a tripod and batteries.

Resource Hierarchies:

Resources use the character '-' as a level separator. A resource hierarchy is automatically created whenever 10 or more resources with a '-' are added.

For example, if you name resources with the format [building]-[resource name], and you have at least 10 resources, a user might see this when adding a resource to an event:

In the example above, note that there are only 8 resources under Bldg3. The hierarchy was created because there are 10 or more resources with levels in total—in this case, some of the resources are found under Bldg1 and Bldg2.